But with all the fancy accruements available today some of the more fun and lowly survival items are overlooked. Among them: The hobo and emergency pocket stoves.

These are so much fun to make, and so easy. I remember first seeing them in an ancient tiny camping book from the 1960’s. The book itself was a hoot. When I cracked the book open the faded and almost crunchy yellowed pages revealed what I thought was an amazing thing: a complete recipe section with everything from biscuits to roast beef, puddings, jams, and eggs, and all off it made by can stoves, can cooking implements, and can ovens.